“That morning Jim Sams - no genius, but with a mustache - woke up from a rough sleep to find himself transformed into a giant creature.” In his previous life he was despised by many, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain. He has arrived to fulfill a vital mission, and nothing can stop him - not the opposition, not members of his own party, not even the principles of democracy. Clever, sharp, satirical: recalling one of Kafka's most famous works - "Metamorphosis", McEwan talks about modernity that seems too crazy to be true.